Ronnie Chatterji

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Ronnie Chatterji

Democratic Party

Elections and appointments

Last election

November 3, 2020

Education

Bachelor's

Cornell University

Ph.D

University of California, Berkeley

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Ronnie Chatterji (Democratic Party) ran for election for North Carolina Treasurer. He lost in the general election on November 3, 2020.

Chatterji completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2019. Click here to read the survey answers.

Elections

2020

See also: North Carolina Treasurer election, 2020

General election

General election for North Carolina Treasurer

Incumbent Dale Folwell defeated Ronnie Chatterji in the general election for North Carolina Treasurer on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Dale Folwell (R)	52.6	2,812,799
		Ronnie Chatterji (D)	47.4	2,537,019

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 5,349,818
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for North Carolina Treasurer

Ronnie Chatterji defeated Dimple Ajmera and Matthew Leatherman in the Democratic primary for North Carolina Treasurer on March 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Ronnie Chatterji	35.8	411,732
		Dimple Ajmera	34.0	390,888
		Matthew Leatherman	30.2	347,226

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,149,846
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Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled. Incumbent Dale Folwell advanced from the Republican primary for North Carolina Treasurer.

Campaign themes

2020

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Ronnie Chatterji completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2019. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Chatterji's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

Ronnie Chatterji is running for the Treasurer of North Carolina. He is currently a Professor of Corporate Strategy at Duke University's Fuqua School of Business and Sanford School of Public Policy where he applies his passion to study the intersection of business and public policy. During President Obama's first term, Ronnie left Duke to serve as a Senior Economist at the White House Council of Economic Advisers (CEA). In this role, he worked on policies relating to entrepreneurship, innovation, infrastructure, and economic growth. He is also Chatterji is a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research and was previously a visiting Associate Professor at The Harvard Business School.

In addition to teaching, Ronnie does extensive research investigating the most important forces shaping our economy and how business leaders can use their power to effect social change. He even co-authored "Can Business Save the Earth?" in 2018 to further examine this issue. Ronnie is also a frequent keynote speaker and experienced facilitator with top companies in healthcare, technology, energy, retail, and sports.

Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

• healthcare
• Economic security
• Public education

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

I am passionate about increasing access to quality and affordable healthcare across North Carolina. The Treasurer oversees the state employee health plan, which covers over 700,000 North Carolinians in both rural and urban areas. If elected, I would prioritize implementing policies that lower healthcare costs for this constituency and use my leverage to improve healthcare, more broadly across the state.

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